Feeling stressed this week? A walk outside can help
It’s been stressful navigating the country’s fractured political landscape this election year. Here’s how to reduce the ...
Davis Fire report: Most soil not severely damaged by fire; good recovery chances within 5 years
The report generally had good news about soil damage and the risk from invasive species replacing native plants.
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Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are rapidly expanding
For instance, multiple wildfires have spread through WUI areas in Southern California. These include the ongoing Mountain Fire, which ignited in the Somis area on November 6 and has since destroyed ...
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As a Lack of Rain Persists, Experts Advise Precautions to Avoid Drought
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) first declared a Drought Watch Oct. 17, following months of ...
Crews battle 2 wildfires in New Jersey, where conditions are driest in nearly 120 years
In New Jersey, the lack of significant rainfall since August contributed to dry conditions that have allowed two major ...
Met Office warning as three parts of the world now at extreme risk of more wildfires
Three regions are at particularly high risk of wildfires as climate change intensifies according to the Met Office.
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Rodeo Chedeski fire has long-term effects on the forest
The vast ponderosa pine forest destroyed by the 468,000-acre Rodeo-Chedeski Fire more than 20 years ago hasn’t come back, and in some areas, it never might.
Downed trees from Hurricane Helene are now a fire risk for NC mountains, foresters say
Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage to woodlands in Western North Carolina. The N.C. Forest Service found the worst ...
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Kazakhstan Steps Up to Plate on Climate Change – Creating Road Map for More Sustainable Future
At the 16th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in 2010, countries agreed to ...
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Preventing wildfires through mitigation
To be successful, fire management should be more than simply suppressing natural cycles and then having to mitigate hazards ...
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Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice
According to the philosopher Emilio Uranga (1921-1988), the telltale sign of zozobra is wobbling and toggling between perspectives, being unable to relax into a single framework to make sense of ...